Parenting Preschoolers (3-5) Support Group

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3 Year Old Waking at Night

I have a 3 year old daughter that will not go to sleep in her bed on her own. I have to admit neither my husband nor myself has really pushed the idea and we need to do that. Other than that issue, once she falls asleep I/or my husband will go on to sleep in our bed. However, she has been waking up in the middle of the night (sometimes a couple of times) and if she notices that we are not there she will start to scream and cry until I go back in there and then she will go back to sleep. We recently moved to a new place and into a new house. Shortly after we were there we had a bad hail storm with tornadoes and ever since then she has been so scared of almost everything. I think this could be part of the reason she doesn't want to be in her room alone. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do?

if it doesn't really bother you, then go with it for awhile.
my daughter did the same thing. she's 5 and still crawls in with us at least a few time a week. i slowly got her to fall asleep by herself. we'd read a book, have a cuddle (with lights out, in sleep mode), and then i'd tell her that i'd be back in a few minutes to check on her if she was quiet. it took awhlie, but she fell asleep on her own.
for nighttime when she woke, we'd get up and comfort her (rub her back tr whatever), but not lie with her.
it will take awhlie, especially with a new house and some fears. does she have a special bear or toy? i give my daughter a bear of mine (from when i was little) when she's unsettled and it seems to help.
good luck.

I have moved a couple of times since my daughters were born (now 3.5 and 22 months) I find that each time we go to a new house I have to leave their doors open with a light on in the hall and after a few days they seem to settle down well and go to bed without a problem. Does your daughter have a night-light in her room? It may help if she wakes in the night and is not in complete darkness

Thank you guys for your advice. I tried to get her to go to bed by herself and told her I would sit right outside of the door and watch her until she fell asleep. Well, she cried so hard I was feraful that she was going to vomit. I know she is physically ok, but it just breaks my heart. I went back in and read her 2 stories and then told her it was time to go &quot;night, night&quot; now and I sat on her bed until she fell asleep. She fell asleep ok, but then again it was almost 10:00 pm. She then woke up at 3am, 4am and 5:45. I AM SO TIRED!!!!!!

I have a huge problem with getting my daughter to bed as she was molested by and extended family member at 2-3 yrs. (she's 4 now) I allow her to sleep in my bed if there is bad weather (so it's not a &quot;never&quot; situation) but I have her go to sleep in her bed at night, if she wakes up at 2-3 am and crawls in bed, no biggie...but what is important to all of us is that she goes to bed in her room. My hubs and I need that private time in our marital bed, and she needs to learn that she is trong and brave enough to go it alone in her room (mere steps away)
Good luck...sleep problems are a real pain arent they?
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